Series synopsis
Destroyed In Seconds is an American documentary reality television series that premiered on Discovery on August 21, 2008. It stars Ron Pitts.
Destroyed in Seconds is a half-hour American television series that airs on Discovery Channel. Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, etc. The nature of the show closely resembles Real TV. The show uses real video of real events, and commentary explaining the destruction portrayed. Most videos have stock sound effects added. Some of the even ...
Premise
Destroyed in Seconds is a half-hour American television series that airs on Discovery Channel. Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, etc. The nature of the show closely resembles Real TV. The show uses real video of real events, and commentary explaining the destruction portrayed. Most videos have stock sound effects added. Some of the events seen resulted in fatalities, and all of the events have property damage. It is currently on hiatus.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Ron Pitts as Host
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 76 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 64 | August 20, 2008 | February 8, 2010 |
| Season 2 | 12 | March 30, 2009 | December 17, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Chesapeake Bay 9/30/81 – A US Navy Douglas A-4 Skyhawk crashes during a bomb test. Portland, OR – Two men attempt to save their lives, by outrunning a large mudslide. Nicaragua 11/4/02 - Eric Barone tries to set a land speed record on a volcano. Unfortunately, his bike broke in two when it hits a bump, tumbling Eric down the volcano. 5/12/02 A Danish windmill goes out of control and rips apart. Iran 1980 – Operation Credible Sport ends in a C-130 crash. Iowa – A tornado hits a bank. Alabama – Cars are sent into the air by a tornado that hits a parking lot. Milawukee, Wisconsin 4/11/89 – A Sikorsky S-58ET N4247U (November 4247 Uniform) operated by Midwest Helicopters crashes due to a failed coupling on the tail rotor, after carrying an old and faulty air conditioner from a roof. Bristol, VA 4/15/08 – A tanker truck fire is caught on tape by a police dashboard camera. |
August 21, 2008 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Bakersfield, CA – A Speedboat hits the shore, flies over a hill, and onto a road. Luckily, the driver escapes just before the boat hits land. Puget Sound, WA – Footage of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge being built, and the November 7, 1940 footage of its collapse, killing a dog in the collapse. Thorold,Ontario 8/11/01 – MS Windoc crashes into a canal bridge, and catches fire, leading to an explosion. Thankfully, no one is killed. Okinawa, Japan 8/20/07 – China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire on the tarmac and has to be evacuated. Zambramnya, Iraq – An Al-Qaeda torture compound is blown up by a US missile strike. Guam – A B2 Bomber crashes on takeoff and is destroyed. Texas - A tornado rips the entire foundation off a house, like The Wizard of Oz; and has damaging hail. The next season, Stormchaser Alex Tyler builds screens for his car to protect his team from hail, but the F5 drops softball-sized hail on them. A downed power line traps him with the F5 closing in, but able to escape. Despite all the protections, it still almost breaks the windows. Turkey – A munitions factory is blown up by terrorists and is completely leveled. |
August 21, 2008 |
| 3 |
Picnic Surprise, Chemical Inferno Oxnard, CA 2/14/05 – An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train hits an 18-Wheeler because of a faulty traffic signal. Iksan, South Korea – A fire starts at a propane filling station. Mountain Home, ID 9/14/03 – Thunderbirds pilot Chris Strickland crashes at an airshow, evading death 1/8 of a second of it crashing. Middle River, MD 9/14/97 – A stealth fighter crashes. Henderson, NV – The PEPCON disaster. Manila, Philippines 5/4/88 – An 8-story department-store comes off its foundations, and crashes into a nearby high-rise flat, but no one is killed. David Ferguson crashes his speedboat twice. St George, Utah 1/05 - The Santa Clara River overflows, and destroys several houses. |
August 28, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Funny Car, Windsurfer Wipeout A Funny Car catches fire at 200 mph. A fire causes Dutch university building to collapse. A windsurfer wipes out on a four-story high wave. A firefighter is nearly crushed by a falling church steeple, and a sleeping driver crashes into a gas station |
March 30, 2009 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | March 30, 2009 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | April 2, 2009 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Discovery |
|---|---|
| First aired | August 21, 2008 |
| Last aired | February 8, 2010 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Schedule | Thursday |